How many people meditate around the world? The common estimates are about half a billion, though I find that hard to believe, when more than half the people in India alone (population 1.2 billion) say that they meditate regularly. In any case, I think we can safely say that meditation is a popular thing. And how many people devote their entire lives to meditation? This is far harder to assess, but there seem to be at least a million monks and nuns out there - perhaps as many

The folds of the curtain rise slowly, Unevenly; A light creeps in. Every voice is held inside a throat. Clouds begin to smile - Subtly, at first, Then wider, as their bellies warm against the rising sun. Plump confections take on a flaming red glow, Then pink, Then every color all at once As a blaze explodes onto the stage. The sky wakes up with fireworks, Streamers flying in every direction, And the world comes into view. A choir of birds, of dragonflies, Of everything that

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